On a cool, damp night last year in Central London, at the first of two sold-out shows at Garage, a very special exchange took place. The gravel-voiced forefather of Americana/Punk Folk music and frontman of Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan, passed the proverbial and literal musical torch on to the genre's newest and most exciting voice, Nate Bergman. 2024 was a fantastic year that brought Nate’s visceral, sad voice, sarcastic, soulful lyrics, and immensely dark humor to venues worldwide. Covering North America, Europe, and the UK, with crimson and blackened stages, adorned by Candelabras, rooms filled with tears of sadness and belly laughs, there was an undeniable grass movement happening. Very few artists have been available to bridge the inevitable connection between hardcore punk/metal and the acoustic, indie-folk, and Americana waves sweeping the world. Creating a dark and Gothic universe existing in both lanes, but holding a heart directly in the middle, steeped in truth, optimism, and Sadness, the Sarcastic and Sincere. A powerful live show that leaves you raw, laughing, crying, angry, and joyful; whatever you feel, you will feel it deeply.  With a catalogue of 100 published works and more than a hundred more, film scores, perfume designs, and zine and fashion concepts in the pipeline, 2026 will be a year unlike any other for Nate and the ever-growing vision he dreamt up in his Nashville basement.